sphinz caterpillar?

[Chris Conlan]

Looks like Manduca rustica to me.  The hostplant fits too.  

Chris

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From: Randy Emmitt <birdcr at concentric.net>
To: <Leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Subject: sphinz caterpillar?
Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2001, 10:11 AM


Folks,

I took this photo on Saturday of a sphinx moth cat on beautyberry. I`m
thinking its a Wild Cherry Sphinx from the little resources I have here on
caterpillas, anyone care to correct me? The photo is at
http://www.rlephoto.com/cats/sphinx_cat01.jpg

Randy Emmitt
Rougemont, NC

Randy Emmitt Photography
http://www.rlephoto.com
Carolina Butterfly Society webmaster
http://www.carolinabutterflysociety.org/



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